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☪️ The Greek Question

12 Saturday May 2012

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ANALYSIS

During the Greek War of Independence, the Sultan who was blamed for many massacres was famously slow to accept defeat and thus allow the rebels their freedom.

Some seventy years later, when Greece was routed by an Ottoman army, the way was open for the reconquest of those lands.

The Sultan though showed no interest in doing so.

For by then, Greece like the other newly created Balkan states were a problem for everyone, including the very European states that had championed their cause.

Today, European Central Bankers are debating the merits of taking Greece out of the Euro, as politicians in Athens are trying to form a government.

Should they stay or should they go – there will be huge implications whatever route is taken, which is why those who make make decisions should like the Sultan also consider their long term implications.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18046280

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Breaking News – Two Powerful Blasts in Dagestan, leave 15 dead and 80 injured

03 Thursday May 2012

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BREAKING NEWS

At least 15 people have been killed and 80 injured, after  two powerful blasts – which have been reported to have been suicide attacks – hit the same target near the capital of Russia’s north Caucasus province of Dagestan.

The  bombers were reported by state-run Russia Today to have struck near Makhachkala.

The first is reported to have been a car bomber who struck near a traffic checkpoint, whilst the  second attack – which has been reported to be a suicide attack –  came some twenty minutes later in the same area as people gathered to see what had happened.

 

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Warlord brought to Justice

26 Thursday Apr 2012

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Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president, has been found guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war .

A UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, found him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

He will serve his sentence in a British prison.

The events for which Taylor was charged run  from November 1996 to January 2002.

Taylor provided rebel armies with weapons in exchange for diamonds during their operations to retake important districts and cities in Sierra Leone in 1998 and 1999.

Between November and December 1998, Taylor met a rebel leader, known as Bockarie in Monrovia, where they devised a two-pronged attack on Kono, Kenema and Freetown.

According to a 44-page summary of the judgement, Taylor had emphasised to Bockarie the need to first attack Kono District and told Bockarie to make the operation “fearful” in order to pressure the Government of Sierra Leone into negotiations on the release of another rebel leader Foday Sankoh from prison, as well as to use “all means” to get to Freetown.  Subsequently, Bockarie named the operation “Operation No Living Thing,” implying that anything that stood in their way should be eliminated. …”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17862598

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Sudan rules out talks with the South

23 Monday Apr 2012

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Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir said: “We will not negotiate with the South’s government, because they don’t understand anything but the language of the gun and ammunition.” He was quoted by the Reuters News agency telling this to his troops on arrival to the oilfield and border town of Heglig, which had been occupied by South Sudanese troops nearly two weeks ago, and which Sudan says it has retaken.

South Sudan – which was bombed by Sudanese jets – says it had retreated from Heglig.

 

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🚨 Body of ‘Activist’ found in Bahrain 🏁 🏎 🇧🇭

21 Saturday Apr 2012

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Salah Abbas Habib

The body of a man believed to be activist has been found in the Manama, the capital of Bahrain a day before Sunday’s F1 Grand Prix. following overnight clashes between protesters and security forces.

Activists from an opposition group called  al-Wefaq  have named him as Salah Abbas Habib, 37.

They say government forces had killed him,. An earlier unconfirmed report said the man had been found with gunshot wounds.

Chief of Public Security Major-General Tariq Al Hasan confirmed his body had been found in “suspicious circumstances.

On Friday, Bahrain’s Crown Prince, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, said cancelling the Grand Prix  “just empowers extremists”. He said holding the race would “build bridges across communities”

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